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Pad String

    
/*
 * Copyright (c) United Binary LLC.  All rights reserved.
 * 
 * This code is licensed under the MIT License
 * 
 * SEE: http://harnessit.codeplex.com/license
 * 
 */
#region using ...
using System;
using System.Text;
#endregion

namespace UnitedBinary.Core.Utility.Text
{
  /// <include file='Text.xml' path='/Docs/Format/Class/*'/>
  public sealed class Format
  {
    private Format() {}

    /// <include file='Text.xml' path='/Docs/Format/PadString/*'/>
    public static string PadString(string text, char padChar, int length, bool padFromFront)
    {
      if (length <= 0)
      {
        throw new ArgumentException("Length must be positive.", "length");
      }

      if (text == null)
      {
        text = string.Empty;
      }

      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(length);
      if (padFromFront)
      {
        int currentLength = 0;
        int padsNeeded = length - text.Length;
        while (currentLength < padsNeeded)
        {
          currentLength++;
          sb.Append(padChar);
        }

        sb.Append(text);
      }
      else
      {
        sb.Append(text);

        int currentLength = text.Length;
        while (currentLength < length)
        {
          currentLength++;
          sb.Append(padChar);
        }
      }

      string paddedString = sb.ToString();
      return paddedString;
    }
  }
}

   
    
    
    
  








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